Vaccines
Researchers from Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health report recent findings in vaccines
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 17th, 2010
New investigation results, 'A monoclonal immunoglobulin G antibody directed against an immunodominant linear epitope on the ricin A chain confers systemic and mucosal immunity to ricin,' are detailed in a study published in Infection and Immunity. According to recent research from the United States, "Due to the potential use of ricin and other fast-acting toxins as agents of bioterrorism, there is an urgent need for the development of safe and effective antitoxin vaccines. A candidate ricin subunit vaccine (RiVax) consisting of a recombinant attenuated enzymatic A chain (RTA) has been shown to elicit protective antitoxin antibodies in mice and rabbits and is currently being tested...
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